State of the beaches after Arlene

[Kurt]

Beaches are closed today, I'm told they'll reopen tomorrow if conditions permit. There are a lot of people walking the beaches. Several families enjoying the day were asked to leave Grayton Beach.

There is a lot of dangerous debris which will take a week or so to clean up. There are a lot of damages walkovers, but most are useable and closed pending inspection.

Seaside is completely exposed, with clay jutting up along the beach - pics to come. Much more damage was done due to the beach scraping lowering the level of sand. One deputy said the situation is worse than after Ivan - except not as much dune and walkover damage.

 

[lenzoe]

Re: State of the beaches

One deputy said the situation is worse than after Ivan - except not as much dune and walkover damage.

Rats! According to all the weather statistics, the winds weren't that high and there wasn't that much rain. But a lot of pics posted yesterday seemed to show damage out of proportion to Arlene's strength when compared with Ivan's.

 

[Seasider]

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The Seaside Beach is looking very sad judging from these pictures.

 

[Kurt]

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Rats! According to all the weather statistics, the winds weren't that high and there wasn't that much rain. But a lot of pics posted yesterday seemed to show damage out of proportion to Arlene's strength when compared with Ivan's.

Sounds about right - the sand level was so low.

pics - http://www.sowal.com/photos-061205.html[url="http://www.sowal.com/bb/showthread.php?p=5535#post5535"]

 

[Kurt]

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Grayton Beach looks good, and after clean up will look like nothing happened.

The beach was not scraped there except in front of the houses on the west side I believe.

 

[JB]

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Kurt, can you comment on the areas which received the most scraping after Ivan? My main area of concern is Blue Mountain Beach between the public access at the end of 83 and Gulf Trace.

 

[Kurt]

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Kurt, can you comment on the areas which received the most scraping after Ivan? My main area of concern is Blue Mountain Beach between the public access at the end of 83 and Gulf Trace.

Sorry - I've only been to the places pictured between 283 and 395. I'm hoping some others will report in before I can get around.

 

[Just_In_Thyme]

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How far does the clay exposed in front of Seaside extend? All the way towards Eastern Lake, and into Watercolor on the other side?

 

[JB]

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Sorry - I've only been to the places pictured between 283 and 395. I'm hoping some others will report in before I can get around.

I guess my question is, how much scraping was done in the area I mentioned after Ivan? If they did heavy scraping in that area, I would expect it to look about like Seaside does today.

 

[DBOldford]

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What a contrast between Grayton Beach and Seaside following Arlene. And when will people ever accept that nature takes its course and the best protection is natural restoration?

Thank goodness for the educated efforts of Grayton Beach State Park stewards. :clap_1: